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Multispecies genetic approach reveals divergent connectivity patterns in marine fish from Western Atlantic

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Traditionally, the apparent paucity of biogeographic barriers in marine environments when compared to terrestrial and freshwater habitats has been associated with high gene flow rates among geographically distant populations. However, physical traits such as tide currents, temperature, and salinity levels may serve as ecological boundaries thus leading to restricted-range phylogeographic patterns (e.g., the outflow plume from the Amazonas-Orinoco rivers between the Caribbean and the Brazilian Province) according to adaptive features of coastal organisms. To assess the degree of cohesiveness among populations and species of marine and estuarine fishes along a latitudinal gradient from Western South Atlantic, we carried out comparative phylogenetic and species delimitation analyses based on Cytochrome C Oxidase I (COI) sequences of 34 fish taxa from the Caribbean and Brazilian coasts. Distinct values of genetic diversity were revealed for both Provinces, ranging from moderate (1 to 2%) to high (≥ 2%) in 11.76% and 20.59% of the analyzed taxa, respectively. Furthermore, a significant genetic differentiation was observed within the nominal taxa Diapterus auratus, Citharichthys spilopterus, and Scorpaena plumieri from the Caribbean, as well as for Haemulon plumierii between the Caribbean and Brazilian Provinces. Such divergence is likely to result from temporal isolation among local populations during sea-level fluctuations during the Pliocene-Pleistocene period. The present findings demonstrate that similar biogeographic boundaries may result in species-specific patterns of genetic connectivity, possibly associated with ecological constraints. Since molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) were identified in certain formal taxa from both Provinces, a systematic revision of these groups is highly recommended. At last, multispecies COI data proved to be helpful to phylogeographic inferences and to support appropriate policies for the conservation of natural resources.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the staff from the Laboratory of Fisheries Biology and Scientific Diving of the Oceanography Department at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, as well as to Jorge Eduardo Lins Oliveira and Marcelo Francisco de Nóbrega for providing logistical support for sampling. We would like to thank José Garcia Junior for his assistance with the identification of specimens, Marie-Christine Rufener, Milena Felix Nakamura, and Erika Belarmino da Silva for their contributions in preparation and storage of samples. At last, we sincerely acknowledge the efforts of all crew members from the fishing fleet in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

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The financial support to the present study was granted from Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE) on behalf of UPJ (BCT-0125-2.04/ 15), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico CNPq (425080/2016-1), Fundação de Amparo do Estado de Alagoas, FAPEAL (APQ – 1026/2016) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel of Superior (CAPES, financial code 001).

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  1. Vertebrate Laboratory, Graduate Program in Ecology, Department of Ecology, Health Sciences Center, Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University City, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-902, Brazil

    Daniele de Jesus Gama-Maia

  2. Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Semi Arid National Institute, Rua Pedro Acácio Galvão, s/n, km 4,6, Sítio Lucas, Campina Grande, Paraíba, 58430-991, Brazil

    Leonardo Luiz Calado

  3. Graduate Program in Genetics, Biodiversity, and Conservation, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Southwestern Bahia, Av. José Moreira Sobrinho s/n, Jequié, BA, 45206-190, Brazil

    Jamille de Araujo Bitencourt & Paulo Roberto Antunes de Mello Affonso

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    Gustavo Souza

  5. Laboratory of Plant Cytogenetics and Evolution, Department of Botany, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-420, Brazil

    Rodrigo Augusto Torres

  6. Laboratory of Molecular Integrative Systematics and Microanalysis Systems, Campus Arapiraca, Federal University of Alagoas, Manoel Severino Barbosa Avenue, s/n, Arapiraca, Alagoas, 57.309-005, Brazil

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de Jesus Gama-Maia, D., Calado, L.L., de Araujo Bitencourt, J. et al. Multispecies genetic approach reveals divergent connectivity patterns in marine fish from Western Atlantic. Mar. Biodivers. 54, 4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01399-0

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